{"id":55127,"date":"2023-12-21T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55127"},"modified":"2023-12-21T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:48:23","slug":"florida-man-charged-with-hate-crime-for-allegedly-fatally-stabbing-black-man-in-unprovoked-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55127","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Charged with Hate Crime for Allegedly Fatally Stabbing Black Man in Unprovoked Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>A Florida man was charged with a federal hate crime on Wednesday for a murder he committed while staying in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging Sean Walter Tonkin, 36, with committing a racially motivated hate crime that resulted in death at the time of the alleged offense while he was staying at a nearby motel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Tonkin is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The indictment alleges that Tonkin, armed with a knife and knuckles, approached a Black man, J.M.R., on July 4. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Unprovoked, Tonkin allegedly directed racial epithets and threats toward J.M.R. and ultimately stabbed him twice in the chest and abdomen, resulting in J.M.R.\u2019s death. 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